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Dear Editor Bulling Through Russell Warren Howe ends "Great Britain Lowers Its Sights" (NL, July 5) by quoting a British minister as saying: "Let's face it?Britain's not finished, but we're just...
...Furthermore, the recent revelation that a woman cadet at the Merchant Marine Academy was forced to resign for sleeping with her fiance suggests a double standard and a blatant example of sex descrimination, as her subsequent reinstatement attests...
...Ever again...
...Benjamin A. Gilman Member of Congress Campaign Idealism Gus Tyler suggests that in some respects Jimmy Carter is a pragmatist in the mold of John F. Kennedy ("Carter: Passing Episode or Start of a New Era...
...For the salient questions remain: Why was there such widespread cheating...
...The challenge facing Carter is clear...
...Significantly, too, he sought out and accepted the counsel of others, something he tragically failed to do later...
...There will always be an England," the button read...
...As a member of the Board of Visitors of the U.S...
...Sidney Koretz Duty, Honor, Country In "West Point on the Defensive" (NL, July 5), Donald Kirk says that Representative Thomas J. Downey (D.-N.Y...
...resist the temptation to "play safe" and avoid concrete issues...
...Clearly this is unacceptable...
...Wilson was not above employing generalities and simplicities while pursuing the Democratic nomination...
...It arouses unrealistic expectations of the brotherhood and virtue that can be promoted across an entire society...
...Who did kill the chauffeur in The Big Sleep...
...Wide scope for individual entrepreneurs and free-market competition would be encouraged...
...Moreover, he made efforts to clarify how his programs and views differed from those of his opponents—the Socialist Eugene Debs, the Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, and the Republican William Howard Taft...
...In his convention speech, Carter also spoke of having a vision of a new America...
...Politics is not only the business of managing public affairs...
...Far from being an occasional influence or target for fun-poking (the cop called Hemingway because "he keeps saying the same thing"), Hemingway was without question Chandler's strongest terary model...
...Not content with easy popularity, he attempted to give substance to his vision, to describe in detail how he would go about realizing it...
...environmental beauty...
...And just as Carter has used the anti-Washington sentiment, Wilson played on feelings against Wall Street...
...ethnic, religious and cultural diversity...
...Such distorted values led to My Lai and Watergate...
...This is a Utopian idealism inappropriate to politics, however...
...Seeking to attract the progressive vote, he identified himself in the most general manner with direct democracy and attacks on economic privilege...
...All the elements are there: the good guy beneath an exterior of world-weary cynicism, the hard-edged way with words, the deeply felt wound, the fundamental sentimentality and self-pity...
...and "an America which harnesses the idealism of the student, the compassion of the nurse or social worker, the determination of the farmer, the wisdom of the teacher" Carter further pledges a government that is "as good and decent and honest and truthful and fair" as the American people...
...And while Hemingway's characters doubted that the world made sense, after reading one of Chandler's novels you knew that it didn't...
...14461, the measure calls for reviewing the entire educational system of the five service academies—Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine—including the curriculum, the quality of instruction, the utilization of civilian professors...
...True, Wilson's electoral success was due largely to the widespread belief in his high personal integrity...
...an America "where the dreams of our nation's first leaders are fully realized...
...His New Freedom program put forward a vision of a different society...
...and I introduced "legislation to investigate the honor system," implying that the bill is directed exclusively toward the United States Military Academy and is only concerned with the honor system...
...Our proposed "Blue Ribbon" commission would also investigate the morals and discipline at the academies, as well as the rules and regulations governing cadet life...
...The growing power of Big Business over the economy and government would be reduced...
...What was demonstrated by Woodrow Wilson, and perhaps even more successfully in this century by Franklin Roosevelt, is that through a true politics of idealism, public officials can create new possibilities for social organization and inspire citizens to cooperate in achieving them...
...Yet he carefully urged voters not simply to trust in him, but rather to continually concern themselves with public affairs, and to scrutinize how he and other elected officials performed...
...Woodrow Wilson's politics of idealism was quite another matter...
...Philip Marlowe, Chandler's central character, is essentially the prototypical Hemingway hero brought to the underworld milieu of Los Angeles and dressed up with the slang of the '40s...
...that he will not be so certain of his views and those of his staff, and will seek the advice of others...
...What is it about the educational systems of West Point and the other service academies that has led to misconduct...
...Certainly it is necessary for politicians to be honest and be perceived as honest...
...There were certainly conflicts in it: Blocking monopolies and assuring a decent life for all would mean a larger role for government than Wilson desired or publicly acknowledged...
...In the months of campaigning between late August and November, though, Wilson went beyond simplicities...
...If left unchecked, it can distort and corrode the individual's and the nation's moral fiber...
...NL, July 5.) But the more common—and troublesome—comparison, made by a number of other political observers, likens Carter's idealism to that of a former President raised in the South, Wood-row Wilson...
...In contrast to other politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, he has spoken of the moral regeneration of America, of overcoming division, selfishness and satisfaction with low goals...
...It is conceivable that the interpretation and application of the high ethical standards of the academies' credo?A cadet shall not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate anyone who does" —is too rigid...
...The government would restrict itself to providing assistance for those who could not otherwise survive—the sick, disabled, orphaned—and preventing business combinations that limited competition...
...But because Carter's emphasis on trust and faith in his leadership downplays the involvement of citizens in politics, it runs counter to the ideals of democracy...
...If a cadet tells officials at an academy that cheating has become a way of student life, does that mean the cadet is "tolerating" cheating...
...For example, what does "toleration" mean...
...That reminded me of the first political button I ever wore...
...Trust in me," he tells audiences, "I won't lie to you...
...Was it a naive vision...
...And we must be concerned about whether cheating stops at the commencement exercises...
...Washington, D.C...
...But instead of practical programs he merely gave us platitudes: vague talk about pride and faith in country...
...New York City A. Wilder...
...While there may be some similarities between the two men, the differences seem sufficiently important to note in some detail...
...It was during the dark days of 1940-41, when we feared Britain would go under as "the Frogs" did from the deadly onslaught of "the Jerries...
...Los Angeles Mike Bernick Chandler's Model I think Ruth Mathewson underestimates the importance of Ernest Hemingway to Raymond Chandler ("The Mystery-Writer as Novelist," NL, July 19...
...One hopes that in the upcoming months he will The New Leader welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, bat letters should not exceed 300 words...
...Our future leaders deserve a better system...
...that he will go beyond the platitudes of love and excellence to present a meaningful, realistic program...
...Military Academy, I am appalled that these bright men and women, the future leaders of our nation, have found it necessary to resort to such improper actions...
...For one cadet who was so accused, the answer apparently was Yes...
...Carter's campaign has focused, on the themes of love and excellence...
...It was a brilliant maneuver on Chandler's part: For the first time the Hemingway hero really had something to be ironic and feel sorry for himself about...
...And though many people may be influenced to some extent by the exhortations of religious leaders, they will generally ignore such appeals from politicians...
...Marlowe was shafted so often that he spent more time on his back than on his feet...
...Falls Church, Va...
...Kirk's observation that the "scandal [at West Point] may ultimately lead to a reaffirmation, not revision, of the system," clearly warrants the attention of the proposed commission...
...Dear Editor Bulling Through Russell Warren Howe ends "Great Britain Lowers Its Sights" (NL, July 5) by quoting a British minister as saying: "Let's face it?Britain's not finished, but we're just not going to do as well as the Frogs, the Jerries and Japs...
...Yet the New Freedom was at least partially achievable, and Wilson proposed some practical measures toward that end, including more stringent anti-trust regulations, public control over currency and finance, and reduction of tariffs...
...As I indicated when we introduced H.R...
Vol. 59 • August 1976 • No. 17
